Posts Tagged by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki

Kurdistan News – Kurdish politicians officially suspended their participation in the Iraqi government on Friday, as forces under their control seized two oilfields in northern Iraq. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has appointed temporary replacements for the five Kurdish ministers of the cabinet. Kurdish forces took over the Bai Hassan and Kirkuk oilfields near Kirkuk; an oil ministry […]

Maliki News – Ended meeting U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry with Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Baghdad, which took three hours continuously without progress it bargained for the Obama administration, which is centered on the non-acceptance of al-Maliki to form the next Iraqi government ” or forming a government of national reconciliation real national salvation government to […]

Iraq News – A U.S. aircraft carrier was ordered to move into the Persian Gulf on Saturday as the United State laid out specific ways for Iraq to show it is forging the national unity necessary to gain assistance in its fight against Islamic insurgents. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel ordered the USS George H.W. Bush from the northern […]

Iraq News – A week ago, Mohammed Karim bought a small inflatable pool for his three children to ease the scorching heat during power outages. He has a two-year-old toddler who cannot bear the high temperatures at night, so Mohammed stays up late next to him until the power comes back so he can place him under the air […]

According to informed sources within the Prime Minister’s Office, told the news Hammurabi entry Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki at night and secretly to the Ibn Sina Hospital in the Green Zone, located on the impact of a heart attack because of the deteriorating security situation in Anbar. The sources said that al-Maliki has formed a week ago of an […]

The Iraqi ambassador to the United States told VOA in an interview with the Persian News Network that his country chooses its own international partners in dealing with the al-Qaida insurgency. One week has passed since al-Qaida militants raised their flag over government buildings in Fallujah and declared an independent Islamic state. The White House has called on […]

While the number of Iraqi students studying in the United States has been on the rise in the last few years, the Iraqi government has recently shown an interest in opening another American university in Iraq. Minister of Higher Education Ali al-Adeeb expressed public support for such a move in a Dec. 16 article, “Why Baghdad Needs an American University,” […]

Administrative agent for the Transportation Ministry Salman Bahadli told Al-Monitor, “During the past 10 years, Iraq has failed to benefit from the opportunities and expected revenue coming from proper investment in the transportation sector, especially with the emergence of mega- and large-sized projects carried out by Arab and foreign countries, which used other ways to transfer their goods via Iraq.” […]

Five years on from the great global race for Iraqi oil, the torn country is battling crumbling infrastructure and political tensions. Will Iraq ever reach its potential? When oil giant Exxon Mobil sold half of its stake in Iraq’s giant West Qurna-1 oil field to Asian investors in August, it marked a watershed moment for the Iraqi oil industry. […]

Signed leaders of political blocs and events religious, social, yesterday, in Baghdad on a document national honor and social peace, while I found the Iraqi authorities to the bodies of 10 unidentified people, infected gunshot wounds in the laboratory on the outskirts of Sadr City. And detailed, was to sign the document by attending political and religious leaders conference of […]

On Aug. 26, 2013, the Federal Supreme Court of Iraq announced that it had overturned a previous law, passed by parliament, that limits the president, prime minister and parliament speaker to two terms of office. The law, which was passed by parliament on Jan. 26, 2013, had prevented Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki from running for a third term as head […]

Political and economic Iraqi circles confirm the presence of extensive money-laundering operations in Iraq. Weak monitoring systems and political conflicts of interest, however, prevent the exposure of these operations. These same circles noted that talk of Iraq’s role in the laundering of Syrian money needs compelling evidence to be substantiated. Ahmad al-Jabouri, a member of the Integrity Committee in the Iraqi […]

Now that Massoud Barzani has ensured he is Iraqi Kurdistan’s President for another two years, many are wondering if he’s actually gunning for an even better job: President of Iraq. And if so, when will he move to Baghdad? Through clever sleight of legislation, Iraqi Kurdistan’s President has managed to extend his term in office, which was supposed to […]

Two Iraqi parliamentary committees monitoring fiscal policy in Iraq have held two contradictory positions on the Iraqi currency “reset” project, which would delete three zeros from the currency. There has been much debate about the project’s feasibility and the date of its implementation. While the parliamentary Economic Committee believes that the deletion of three zeros from the Iraqi currency […]

Modhir al-Janabi, a member of the parliament Security and Defense Committee, has said the lifting of UN Chapter VII sanctions on Iraq provides an opportunity to restore the country’s ability to manufacture weapons. He told AIN: “After being relieved from the UN sanctions, Iraq can renew this industry to manufacture weapons which would help reduce the expenses of […]

Not to say that the new Iraq and the Division have recklessly and rhetoric and Bill heading the former regime (of Saddam) wanton invasion of its neighbor Kuwait, well known far and wide that the shock of the war and the mini-crisis provoked the former regime left traces and serious implications for the Iraqi people in various walks of life […]

Iraq has suspended the licenses of ten chains accused of inciting sectarianism, including Al-Jazeera in Qatar. The political system in place in Iraq by the 2005 constitution does not work, because it marginalizes the Sunnis. Iraq suspended Sunday, April 28 licenses of ten chains accused of inciting sectarianism, including Al-Jazeera of Qatar, which often gives the antenna to […]

The controversial Iraqi Sunni politician Ahmed al-Alwani, who is president of the Economic Commission in the Iraqi parliament, ridiculed the notion that if Anbar province gains autonomy, its economy will be weak because the province lacks essential economic resources. He said that large Iraqi provinces can attract a lot of investment. Alwani proudly claims to be “the godfather of […]

The changes sweeping across the Iraqi judiciary have reached long-serving Chief Justice Midhat al-Mahmoud. Despite the fact that Iraqi politicians who form the opposition to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki have stated that Mahmoud was deposed in accordance with the de-Baathification Law, the Judicial Council confirmed that new legislation passed by parliament mandates that the chief justice be replaced with a new […]

Tens of thousands of Sunni Muslims take part in largest day yet in week of rallies against allegedly sectarian policies. Tens of thousands of Iraqis have taken part in protests along a major western highway and in other parts of the country in fresh rallies against the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. Massive demonstrations took place along […]

Receiving three gifts was the last thing on the minds of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki‘s opponents, who are seeking to dismiss him or undermine his influence. They have received the gifts all at once. In fact, Maliki has been dealt successive blows in the past few weeks, as he sought to form a political majority government excluding those who are “disrupting […]

Shortly before Iraqi central bank governor Sinan al-Shabibi was fired on Oct. 16, his soon-to-be replacement charged, in essence, that Iraq‘s economy is among the most corrupt on the planet. Abdul Basit Turki al-Sae’ed, now Iraq‘s acting central bank governor, is simultaneously the head of the country’s Supreme Audit Board. In September, he led an audit of central bank currency […]

BAGHDAD — An Iraqi court on Thursday unexpectedly convicted the country’s fugitive Sunni vice president on charges of instigating bodyguards to assassinate a senior government official and sentenced him to death. The verdict was the second death sentence for Tariq al-Hashemi in less than two months, and is likely to stoke further resentment among Iraq’s minority Sunni Muslims against the […]